Refusal to cooperate with an employer’s Drug and Alcohol Policy leads to termination for just cause
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has confirmed in Quong v. Lafarge Canada Inc., 2024 ABKB 340, that an employee’s “wilful refusal to abide by a policy critical to ensuring a safe workplace” constituted a repudiation of his employment agreement and upheld his termination for cause. Background At the time of termination, the employee…